5.5%

December 19, 2011

The decline in the number of obese New York City schoolchildren over the past five years. The decrease is small but significant after decades of increasing rates of childhood obesity. It's also the biggest reported drop by any large city.

States that need to replace their voting machines before the 2020 elections. Most, however, lack the funding for any upgrades. Meanwhile, federal officials have warned that foreign meddling is not likely to stop with the 2016 election.

What Utah spent in 2013 to keep its national parks open during the shutdown. The federal government only reimbursed the state $666,000. The state's Congressmembers introduced legislation in 2015 to get the money back, but it never went anywhere.